Financial Crime Weekly Episode 86
32m | Dec 3, 2023Hello, and welcome to episode 86 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I’m Chris Kirkbride. It has been another bumper week for financial crime news again this week. It’s becoming a little silly now. Stories across every aspect of financial crime, so let’s crack on.
As usual, I have linked the main stories flagged in the podcast in the description. These are:
Ankura Consulting Group LLC, UK: The Current
Economic Climate - A Golden Age For Fraud?
Council of the European Union, Humanitarian
action: EU introduces further exceptions to sanctions to facilitate the
Crown Prosecution Service, Oxbridge fraudster
gets another eight-years in jail for failing to pay back £2.7m court order.
Department of Justice, United Kingdom
National Pleads Guilty to Hacking, Securities Fraud, and other Cybercrimes.
Department of State, The United States
and North Macedonia: A NATO Ally and Strategic Partner in the Balkans.
Entain plc, Update on Deferred
European Banking Authority, The EBA consults
on new Guidelines on preventing the abuse of funds and certain crypto-assets
transfers for money laundering and terrorist financing purposes.
European Banking Authority, EBA issues
guidance to AML/CFT supervisors of CASPs.
European Banking Authority, Final Report:
Guidelines amending Guidelines EBA/GL/2021/16 on the characteristics of a
risk-based approach to anti‐money laundering and terrorist financing
supervision, and the steps to be taken when conducting supervision on a
risk‐sensitive basis under Article 48(10) of Directive (EU) 2015/849 (The
Risk‐Based Supervision Guidelines).
European Banking Authority, (Corrigendum)
Final Report: Guidelines amending Guidelines EBA/GL/2021/16 on the
characteristics of a risk-based approach to anti‐money laundering and terrorist
financing supervision, and the steps to be taken when conducting supervision on
a risk‐sensitive basis under Article 48(10) of Directive (EU) 2015/849 (The
Risk‐Based Supervision Guidelines).
Europol, International
collaboration leads to dismantlement of ransomware group in Ukraine amidst
Griffore, K.A., Bowra, A., Guilcher, S.J. et al., Corruption risks
in health procurement during the COVID-19 pandemic and anti-corruption,
transparency and accountability (ACTA) mechanisms to reduce these risks: a
rapid review. Global Health 19, 91 (2023).
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Cypriot
authorities face scrutiny over probe into Russian billionaire’s moves to dodge
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, General Licence –
Correspondent Banking Payments INT/2023/3566356 (amendment).
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Financial
Sanctions Notice: Iran (Nuclear).
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Financial
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Financial
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, OFSI successfully
Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury Sanctions
Mixer Used by the DPRK to Launder Stolen Virtual Currency.
Serious Fraud Office, SFO secures nine
month sentence for solicitor who tipped off client about criminal investigation.
Spotlight on Corruption, Submission to HM
Treasury’s anti-money laundering consultation, September 2023.
The Guardian, ‘This is what
survivors look like’: the romance fraud victims who want to help others.
Transparency International, Political
Corruption in Europe: A Threat to More than Public Funds.
US Department of Justice, Principal
Associate Deputy Attorney General Marshall Miller Delivers Remarks at the New
York City Bar Association’s International White Collar Crime Symposium.
